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American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist in Spotify’s history.
Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is the most-streamed male artist in Spotify’s history.
South Korean boy band BTS is the most-streamed group in Spotify’s history.[1]

The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of December 2025, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist,[2] and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is the most-streamed male artist in Spotify’s history.[3][a] Since 2013, Spotify has published a yearly list of its most-streamed artists, which has been topped by Bad Bunny a record four times (2020–2022; 2025), being the only artist to do so in three consecutive years. Drake has topped the list three times (2015–2016; 2018), while Swift is the only female artist to have topped the list (2023–2024).

Most-streamed artists

By year

Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.

Year Artist ranking
1 2 3 4 5
2013[4] Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Avicii Daft Punk Eminem Imagine Dragons
2014[5] Ed Sheeran (860 million) Eminem Coldplay Calvin Harris Katy Perry
2015[6] Drake (1.8 billion) Ed Sheeran The Weeknd Maroon 5 Kanye West
2016[7] Drake (4.7 billion) Justin Bieber Rihanna Twenty One Pilots Kanye West
2017[8] Ed Sheeran (6.3 billion) Drake The Weeknd Kendrick Lamar The Chainsmokers
2018[9] Drake (8.2 billion) Post Malone XXXTentacion J Balvin Ed Sheeran
2019[10] Post Malone (6.5 billion) Billie Eilish Ariana Grande Ed Sheeran Bad Bunny
2020[11] Bad Bunny (8.3 billion) Drake J Balvin Juice Wrld The Weeknd
2021[12] Bad Bunny (9.1 billion) Taylor Swift BTS Drake Justin Bieber
2022[13] Bad Bunny (18.5 billion) Taylor Swift Drake The Weeknd BTS
2023[14] Taylor Swift (26.1 billion) Bad Bunny The Weeknd Drake Peso Pluma
2024[15] Taylor Swift (26.6 billion) The Weeknd Bad Bunny Drake Billie Eilish
2025[16] Bad Bunny (19.8 billion) Taylor Swift The Weeknd Drake Billie Eilish

By decade

Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.

Decade Artist ranking
1 2 3 4 5
2010s[17] Drake (28 billion) Ed Sheeran Post Malone Ariana Grande Eminem

First 10 years

The most streamed artists in the first 10 years of the existence of Spotify.

Years Artist ranking
1 2 3 4 5
2008–2018[18] Drake Ed Sheeran Eminem The Weeknd Rihanna

Most monthly listeners

American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is currently the artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify

As of April 2026, American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is the artist with the most monthly listeners. Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd was the first artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was the first female artist and second overall.[19] American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish was the third and youngest artist to achieve the feat.[20] American rapper Kendrick Lamar was the first rapper to both achieve the feat and surpass the 110 million mark. Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is the most recent artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners.[21] British band Coldplay are the first group to reach every milestone from 60 million to 100 million.[22]

Rank Artist Monthly listeners
(millions) 		Chg Ref(s).
1 Bruno Mars 134.80 Steady [23]
2 The Weeknd 115.70 Steady [24]
3 Rihanna 108.27 Increase [25]
4 Bad Bunny 106.72 Decrease [26]
5 Taylor Swift 102.23 Steady [27]
6 Justin Bieber 98.71 Steady [28]
7 Lady Gaga 94.65 Steady [29]
8 Coldplay 91.58 Steady [30]
9 Drake 88.23 Increase [31]
10 Billie Eilish 84.46 Decrease [32]
11 David Guetta 82.79 Increase [33]
12 Ed Sheeran 82.46 Decrease [34]
13 Ariana Grande 82.06 Decrease [35]
14 Shakira 78.18 Increase [36]
15 J Balvin 75.33 Decrease [37]
16 Maroon 5 74.89 Increase [38]
17 Kanye West 74.35 Increase [39]
18 Calvin Harris 73.39 Decrease [40]
19 Eminem 72.99 Decrease [41]
20 Kendrick Lamar 73.31 Decrease [42]
21 Harry Styles 71.77 Decrease [43]
22 Pitbull 69.89 Steady [44]
23 SZA 68.56 Decrease [45]
24 Katy Perry 68.76 Increase [46]
25 Zara Larsson 68.30 Decrease [47]
26 Sia 64.51 Increase [48]
27 Dua Lipa 64.45 Decrease [49]
28 Sabrina Carpenter 64.28 Decrease [50]
29 Lana Del Rey 64.05 Increase [51]
30 Michael Jackson 63.84 Increase [52]
31 Daddy Yankee 63.41 Decrease [53]
32 Travis Scott 62.93 Increase [54]
33 Sean Paul 62.15 Decrease [55]
34 Olivia Dean 61.78 Decrease [56]
35 Post Malone 60.39 Decrease [57]
36 Chris Brown 59.06 Increase [58]
37 Miley Cyrus 58.42 New entry [59]
38 Black Eyed Peas 58.01 Increase [60]
39 Sombr 57.87 Decrease [61]
40 Adele 57.31 Steady [62]
41 RAYE 56.94 Increase [63]
42 Doja Cat 56.86 Decrease [64]
43 Dominic Fike 55.63 New entry [65]
44 Linkin Park 55.29 New entry [66]
45 Arijit Singh 55.21 Increase [67]
46 Tame Impala 55.18 New entry [68]
47 Arctic Monkeys 54.84 Decrease [69]
48 Beyoncé 54.68 Decrease [70]
49 Rauw Alejandro 54.51 Decrease [71]
50 Imagine Dragons 54.38 Decrease [72]
As of April 8, 2026

Most-followed artists

Indian playback singer Arijit Singh is the most-followed artist on Spotify.

As of April 2026, Indian playback singer Arijit Singh is the most-followed artist and Taylor Swift is the most-followed female artist on Spotify.[73]

Rank Artist[74][75] Followers
(millions) 		Ref(s).
1 Arijit Singh 177.4 [76]
2 Taylor Swift 154.1 [27]
3 Ed Sheeran 125.5 [34]
4 Billie Eilish 124.5 [32]
5 The Weeknd 120.2 [24]
6 Bad Bunny 113.0 [35]
7 Ariana Grande 110.5 [26]
8 Drake 108.6 [31]
9 Eminem 108.4 [41]
10 Justin Bieber 87.9 [28]
11 BTS 84.0 [77]
12 Bruno Mars 80.6 [23]
13 A.R. Rahman 76.7 [78]
14 Rihanna 72.4 [25]
15 Adele 69.4 [62]
16 Pritam 67.4 [79]
17 Karol G 63.6 [80]
18 Coldplay 63.2 [30]
19 Imagine Dragons 59.4 [72]
20 Blackpink 58.4 [81]
21 Queen 56.7 [82]
22 Lana Del Rey 55.9 [83]
23 Selena Gomez 54.0 [84]
24 XXXTentacion 53.3 [85]
25 Olivia Rodrigo 52.1 [86]
26 Neha Kakkar 49.5 [87]
27 Post Malone 48.4 [88]
28 Sidhu Moose Wala 48.3 [89]
29 Dua Lipa 47.8 [49]
30 Anuel AA 47.7 [90]
31 Anirudh Ravichander 47.3 [91]
32 Maroon 5 47.2 [38]
33 Kendrick Lamar 47.1 [42]
34 Shawn Mendes 46.4 [92]
35 Lady Gaga 45.5 [29]
36 Juice Wrld 44.7 [93]
37 Atif Aslam 44.6 [94]
38 Travis Scott 43.1 [95]
39 Beyoncé 42.4 [96]
40 Shakira 42.0 [97]
41 Alan Walker 41.8 [98]
42 One Direction 40.9 [99]
43 Yo Yo Honey Singh 40.6 [100]
44 J Balvin 40.4 [101]
45 Ozuna 40.4 [102]
46 Michael Jackson 40.2 [103]
47 Maluma 40.1 [104]
48 Katy Perry 39.8 [105]
49 Marília Mendonça 39.7 [106]
50 Diljit Dosanjh 39.3 [107]
As of April 1, 2026

Timeline of peak monthly listeners

American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is the artist with the highest recorded number of monthly listeners.

This is a timeline of artists who had the most monthly listeners on Spotify since September 2015, when the feature was made public.[108]

  Indicates most streamed artist of the year[b]
  Indicates peak of most monthly listeners in Spotify history[109]
The most streamed artist by monthly listeners
Month 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
January Bruno Mars[110] Bruno Mars[111] The Weeknd[112] The Weeknd[113] The Weeknd[114] Justin Bieber[115] Ed Sheeran[116] Ariana Grande[117] The Weeknd[citation needed] The Weeknd[118] Justin Bieber[119] N/a
February The Weeknd[120] Justin Bieber[121] The Weeknd[citation needed] Ed Sheeran[122]
March Ed Sheeran[123] Ariana Grande[124]
April Justin Bieber[125] The Weeknd[126] Khalid[127] The Weeknd[citation needed] Rihanna[128]
May Drake[129] Drake[118]
June The Weeknd[citation needed] J Balvin[130]
July The Weeknd[131] Ed Sheeran[116] The Weeknd[citation needed] Daddy Yankee[132]
August Bruno Mars[133] Billie Eilish[134] The Weeknd[citation needed] The Weeknd[citation needed]
September The Weeknd[135] The Weeknd[136] Ed Sheeran[137] The Weeknd[138]
October Ed Sheeran[139]
November Bruno Mars[140] Taylor Swift[141] Taylor Swift[142] Ariana Grande[143] The Weeknd[citation needed] Ariana Grande[144] Justin Bieber[145]
December Ariana Grande[146] The Weeknd[147] The Weeknd[118]

By number of months

Artist Number (share) Last month First month
The Weeknd 57 months (44.9%) November 2025 September 2015
Justin Bieber 17 months (13.4%) December 2021 November 2015
Ed Sheeran 17 months (13.4%) October 2022 February 2017
Bruno Mars 12 months (9.4%) March 2026 November 2024
Drake 8 months (6.3%) May 2018 May 2016
Ariana Grande 7 months (5.5%) December 2025 November 2018
Taylor Swift 3 months (2.4%) December 2023 November 2022
Khalid 2 months (1.6%) May 2019 April 2019
Rihanna 1 months (0.8%) April 2016
Daddy Yankee 1 months (0.8%) July 2017
J Balvin 1 months (0.8%) June 2018
Billie Eilish 1 months (0.8%) August 2024
Total months 127 As of March 2026

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Only lead streams are counted and features are excluded.
  2. ^ For the years 2019 to 2022, and 2024 to 2025, the most streamed artist of the year did not top the monthly listeners list.

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